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SCALE TRACK SECTION. No. 373,579. Patented Nov. 22, 1887.

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"L1,, ATTORNEY UNITE STATES WASHINGTON A. H. BOGARDUS, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

SCALE-TRACK SECTION.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 373,57 9, dated November 22, 1887.

Application filcd May 17. 1887. Serial No. 238,550. (No model.)

To 610% whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WAsHrNGroN A. H. BOGARDUS, a citizen of the United States, residing at New York city, in the county of New York and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Scale- Tracks and Rail-Tracks; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description ofthe invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in suspended tracks and sec tions of tracks connected with weighing-scales, whereby any vehicle, wheels, or other movable device or devices supporting weights and resting on said tracks may be moved to or from the scale-tracks withoutjar orjolt.

My invention consists in the peculiar arrangement and construction of the meeting edges of suspended tracks, whereby the tracks are kept in line, an even tread presented without jolt or jar to the passing trucks, and any vibratory action prevented that would otherwise interfere with the independent and correct action of the scales.

Heret-ofore suspended railways and scales in conjunction therewith have been constructed with the meeting edges of the rail and bearings cut vertical or rectangular in cross-section, requiring a considerable space at the junction of the ends, which tends to throw the truckwheels off the rail or injure the scales by the sudden jar orjolt.

The object of my invention is to remedy these defects, and provide an even smooth surface on the upper surface of the rails at their meeting edges, whereby loaded trucks or cars may pass from the main track on and off the scale-track without jolt or jar or the vibration of the ends ofthe meeting rails. I attain these objects by means of the peculiar construction and arrangement of the various parts of my invention, which will be more fully pointed out and described in the specification and claims, reference being had to the drawings accompanying this application and forming part of the same, in which Figure 1 is afront elevation of my invention showing diagonal sections oftrack and portion of scales. Fig. 2 is a front sectional view showing ends of rails with side plates; and Figs. 3, 4, and 5 are sectional views of different forms of meeting edges.

Similar letters refer to like parts throughout the drawings.

Referring to the drawings, A represents a section of suspended scale-track, the upper edge being formed oval, V-shaped, or other suitable form in cross-section, the purpose being to form a tread for car-wheels, truck wheels, or yoke-pulleys.

B represents a weighing-scale that is secured to section A by means of hanger-arms O, that are held in place by bolts a and lower lip-extension, b, or any other suitable means whereby the section A may be suspended. Scale B is secured by its upper portion to frame D, which is rigidly secured in place above the scales and track, and to which the connecting portions of tracks E and F are secured and held by the hangers G, which are formed and secured to the track similar to arms 0. The ends of section A are cut diagonally across with a V-shaped groove-thatis, from their upper edges they are cut downwardly and inclined outwardly, with central V shaped grooves, c, as shown in Fig. 3. The meeting ends of the connnecting main rails E and F are cut on an incline in opposite directionsthat is, from the top downward and inward-and with a central reversed-Vshaped projection, d, the entire length of their end faces, which, whenin place, is formed to fit snugly in the Vshaped concavity 0, formed in the ends of scale-track section A. By this construction a nicety of adjustment is obtained without producing the least friction or binding against the free working of the scales B, which is a matter of vital importance in the accurate weighing of meat, animals, or other products suspended on the track scales. Another highly-important result obtained by this construction is that all sagging of the meeting ends of the track is entirely prevented, therelore doing away with the jolting vibration and end pounding of the passing truck or car wheels, as the oppositelyinclined ends of the track and scale sections fit nicely together, the ends of the track-sections being rigidly supported by the outwardly-in clined ends of the scale-sections.

To prevent the possibility of lateral motion,

guide-pieces or stiffening-plates H are secured to the sides of track-sections E, and extend outward in line with the sides to overlap the sides of the scale-sections. Plates H are cut at an incline, e, on their upper edges. I do not confine myself to this precise form of inclined cut of section-end bearings, as other shapes may be used, as shown in Figs. 4 and 5. In Fig. 4 the ends of the scalesection are cutinclined outward from the base of the V-Shaped track, forming an angular bearing,f, with smooth end faces, which in practice works very smoothly and without friction. In Fig. 5 the inclined ends of the scale-sections are cut convex, g, and the meeting ends of the tracksections cut concave to match, which, when placed, form even bearing-surfaces and a level tread for the passing wheels withoutjar orjolt.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, 1s-- 1. A scale-section and main-track-section joint,consisting of a scale-track section having its ends inclined outward from the top, and the main-track sections having their ends inclined inward from the top, both sections, when,

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In testimony whereof I affixmy signature in 5 presence of two witnesses.

WASHINGTON A. H. BOGARDUS.

\Vitnesses:

ALFRED A. NOBLE, T. DEYKES WHITNEY. 

